| slovo | definícia |
harshness
(encz) | harshness,drsnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Harshness
(gcide) | Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being harsh.
[1913 Webster]
O, she is
Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed,
And he's composed of harshness. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope.
Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
Acrimony.
[1913 Webster] |
harshness
(wn) | harshness
n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn:
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness]
2: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating)
to the senses [syn: harshness, roughness]
3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness]
4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor,
rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency,
hardness, stiffness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
harshness
(encz) | harshness,drsnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
harshness
(wn) | harshness
n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn:
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness]
2: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating)
to the senses [syn: harshness, roughness]
3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness]
4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor,
rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency,
hardness, stiffness] |
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